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To: bentway who wrote (370424)	2/9/2008 2:14:57 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575579

>Most people that WORK in NYC can't afford to LIVE in NYC. Geez, I know. I'm probably moving to NYC at some point in the summer and I've found that I'm going to need to spend $3,500 a month on rent if I want to live in Manhattan. Insane. -Z

To: bentway who wrote (370424)	2/9/2008 2:28:24 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575579

"Uh......what I should have said was the all embracing mass transit encourages density. The first subway line opened in 1904 but rail lines on elevated structures had been operating in NYC for 3 or more decades. The city went underground for a number of reasons but it was the original construction of elevated mass transit that caused densities to increase particularly around stations:" If you look at the way it works, mass transit brings in the commuters from the suburbs. Then, the subways, cabs and busses get them to their particular jobs. New York, Chicago - all the big eastern cities work this way. Western cities were built around automobiles. Most people that WORK in NYC can't afford to LIVE in NYC. Much of NYC's mass transit was built before the auto was king. In fact, NY has the highest usage of mass transit in the country.